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    The surname Kwan

    A Chinese surname, carried by 8,965 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K500

    Kwan: #3,966 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Kwan #3,966, 8,965 people Kwan: #3,966 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kwan #3,966, 8,965 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kwan is more common than 97.6% of them.

    Origin

    Chinese origin

    From any of four Chinese surnames: 關／关 (guān), 官 (guān), 管 (guǎn), or 灌 (guàn).

    One of 193 Chinese surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 8,965 people named Kwan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,439 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,906.

    #3,966
    rank among US surnames
    8,965
    people in 2010
    3.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.4%
    change since 2000 (was #4,147)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,957Neuman8,98234,374
    #3,958Sevilla8,98034,381
    #3,959Pollack8,97734,393
    #3,960Ridgeway8,97534,401
    #3,961Bourque8,97334,408
    #3,962Wilks8,97234,412
    #3,964Jankowski8,97034,420

    Who is named Kwan

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    90% of people named Kwan identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 4.9% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 90%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.9%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Famous Kwans

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jennie Kwan
      American actress, born 1973

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Kwan

    Kwan has the Soundex code K500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K500.

    Other Chinese surnames

    All 193 Chinese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kwan come from?
    From any of four Chinese surnames: 關／关 (guān), 官 (guān), 管 (guǎn), or 灌 (guàn).
    How common is the surname Kwan?
    8,965 people in the United States had the surname Kwan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,439 Americans. It ranked 3,966th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kwan?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Kwan identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 4.9% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Kwan?
    Jennie Kwan, American actress.
    Where is the surname Kwan most common?
    Wikidata records people named Kwan in the United States.
    Is the surname Kwan getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,906 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,965 in 2010, up 13%.
    What are other spellings of Kwan?
    Kuan, Kwon, Kuon, Quan, Qwan and Quon.